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04-27-2014, 12:52 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New Jersey,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Cobra CSX4206 aluminum body, original 1965 NASCAR 427 SO, Dual quads.
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Gpete: exceptional work. Outstanding. Where did you you source the body?
What is the history behind the three tming watches you mounted on the dash?
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04-27-2014, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Allen,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Werk77 289FIA
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The body came from Bryan Bumgarner of Missouri.
I saw the watches (two stop and one regular) in various racing cars, mostly Tag Heuer. I liked the idea and the search was on. These are original Smith and came from England.
They are still running precisely.
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Scratch build 289 FIA see the Scratch builder forum on CC - sold
DRB GT40 MK1 red #49- sold
FF5 Mk4 #7733 302/T5/IRS - dark blue - sold
FF5 MK4 #7812 427/TKO/IRS - Guardsman Blue - sold
FF5 MK4 #8414 501/TKO600/48IDA Ollie the Dragon #91 - sold
FF5 Daytona Coupe 347/TKO/IRS Homage CSX2299 Viking Blue - sold
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04-27-2014, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Cobra CSX4206 aluminum body, original 1965 NASCAR 427 SO, Dual quads.
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Outstanding work. Is the body glass or aluminum?
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04-27-2014, 03:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dallas,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR track car, SL-C track car
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Carbon fiber.
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04-27-2014, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New Jersey,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Cobra CSX4206 aluminum body, original 1965 NASCAR 427 SO, Dual quads.
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Nice!
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04-27-2014, 04:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CCRsAC
By the way, the real one is truly superb - an accomplished fauxbra if I ever saw one.
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I really must protest here as I claim all legal rights to the term "Fauxbra"™for my Healey-Ford swap. Go ahead, Google "Fauxbra" and see the first entry that comes up: https://www.google.com/search?q=faux...x-a&channel=sb In the best fakey-doo Shelby tradition I shall be filing a trade dress action against all who continue to use the term "Fauxbra" ™ without prior approval and compensation. (All donations go directly to my "charitable foundation")
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...as i said I'm not done yet (with both of them)   . I have to make a mold for the raydot mirrors too. |
If you want to get away with the fakery, you gotta spell it right:
(I'm a real jerk about this. "Raydot" drives me right up the wall along with "Sterling" Moss.)
Some beautiful fakery in this highly entertaining thread. There's probably some term to describe this in the antiques world when a fake becomes easily recognizable because it is so much better than the original. |
04-27-2014, 04:39 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
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Originally Posted by HealeyRick
(I'm a real jerk about this. "Raydot" drives me right up the wall along with "Sterling" Moss.)
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I feel the same way about "Carrrolll" Shelby.
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04-27-2014, 05:00 PM
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Location: Mooresville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five chassis/Mr. Bruce slabside
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Evan, what you see is just the icing on the cake. He fabricated the frame himself, and it's truely a work of art. He is a true craftsman of the highest order.
John O
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Originally Posted by REAL 1
Gpete: exceptional work. Outstanding. Where did you you source the body?
What is the history behind the three tming watches you mounted on the dash?
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04-27-2014, 05:10 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five Mk3.1 / 347
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Originally Posted by HealeyRick
If you want to get away with the fakery, you gotta spell it right:
(I'm a real jerk about this. "Raydot" drives me right up the wall along with "Sterling" Moss.) |
Reminds me of the "MoFoCo" marked tail light lenses I bought for this car once... there's a fine line between insolence and irreverence.
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04-27-2014, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New Jersey,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Cobra CSX4206 aluminum body, original 1965 NASCAR 427 SO, Dual quads.
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Originally Posted by G-Pete
The body came from Bryan Bumgarner of Missouri.
I saw the watches (two stop and one regular) in various racing cars, mostly Tag Heuer. I liked the idea and the search was on. These are original Smith and came from England.
They are still running precisely.
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Can you post pics of the chassis?
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04-28-2014, 05:59 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR track car, SL-C track car
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REAL 1
Can you post pics of the chassis?
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He has a build thread: It has begun - G-Pete's 289FIA Scratch Build |
11-29-2019, 09:48 AM
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Rezzing and old thread since I really got a kick out of it and was looking for a place to post a Website link for Decals and Battery toppers.
I bought an Autolite Sta-ful decal set to stick on my blank side Interstate battery in the trunk. No toppers though just didn't like the black battery case sitting on the trunk.
This vendor is in Belgium and is fair on shipping rates.
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